In Print and In The Press

For the past three months, I’ve been a columnist at the Manila Times writing about ”“ what else? ”“ food, for my column called ”“ what else? ”“ Dessert Comes First.

It comes out every Friday, and it’s a (much!) abbreviated version of its online counterpart. I’m pressed to a 500-word limit so I don’t have the liberty of gushing and swooning over my latest food finds the way I do online. There are also no photos and strangely, I find it liberating to write about food without having to worry about supporting my words with visuals. Though the content is sometimes taken from the website, a lot of what I write is new, providing a preview into future posts on Dessert Comes First (the website).

I’m sure you’ve seen FOOD magazine’s little sister, Foodie, which debuted last March. Whereas the former celebrates provincial cooking, Foodie is a cookbook magazine. Its tagline: Real Food, Real Recipes, Real Easy describes its position succinctly. After one year as a columnist at Appetite magazine published by MEGA, I’ve gone back to ABS-CBN Publishing where I started my career as a food writer at FOOD magazine. It’s there where I grew professionally and got involved in the workings of the food industry. It’s an incredible rush to be back.

I have two columns at Foodie: one is called Hit ”˜n Miss: “Dishing the highs and lows of restaurant dining.” Here, I talk about some of the places I like (and don’t like) peppered with objectivity and bits of cheekiness. My other column is called Cyber Meals: “Celebrating food in cyberspace,” where I focus on food blogs and food websites that are helpful, entertaining, and most of all, useful.

Foodie is available bi-monthly at all leading bookstores and at newsstands. P95

I grabbed my first issue of Foodie last weekend. I must say that it is the best looking local food related magazine in the market. I was impressed by the neat, uncluttered look which many local magazines have. I also was happy to see Food put on a new look recently. It is very nice to know that our local magazines are definitely getting better and comparable to their foreign counterparts.

hi, lori! i’ve actually been wondering why your appetite column isn’t there anymore, and then i saw your byline in the second issue of foodie. i bought the first two issues of foodie, and now i know i’ll keep on buying future issues. 🙂 more power!

Congratulations on your new column, Lori! I know just what you mean about word limits! As you can imagine (knowing my verbosity), I have trouble sticking to 700 or even 1000 words, if it’s a topic I’m enthusiastic about. It can take me hours to cut a piece down, word by painful word. And often, after I’ve edited the article down to size, I still prefer the original version with all the asides and descriptions intact — it just sounds more “me.” But then, I try to remind myself of the adage, “Brevity is the soul of wit.”

My cousin introduced me to your fun website. I love dessert myself! 🙂 I hope you can mention or feature my food blog here in Singapore (in your cyber meas column) for those filipinos who would like to visit here.

Hi Ms. Lori, may I bother you for suggestion regarding food in Batanes? Where and what to eat? They might have specialty that you know of?
Just read your article in Food Mag, and I sure wish the pictures come alive for me to have a taste of your scrumptious pies!
Thank you for your time. God bless.
Respectfully,
Dottie Rosales